93P/Lovas

93P/Lovas, also called Comet Lovas 1, is a Jupiter-family comet with an orbital period of 9.2 years. It was discovered in 1980 by Hungarian astronomer Miklós Lovas.

== Observational history == Miklos Lovas discovered the comet in photographic plates exposed on 5 December 1980. He estimated the comet had an apparent magnitude of 17. Although the discovery was announced on 8 December, on 15 December the International Astronomical Union Circular announced that no confirmation of the comet had been reported. Charles T. Kowal discovered the comet independently on 14 December. The low number of available observations meant that a preliminary orbit was difficult to calculate and the orbit of the comet was reliably computed in February 1981.